Measurement and covariance analysis of 140Ce(n,2n)139Ce and 142Ce(n,2n)141Ce reactions with the neutron energy of 13.5 MeV

H. B. Sachhidananda; S. R. Manohara; A. M. Sunitha; Imran Pasha; B. Rudraswamy; S. V. Suryanarayana; Haladhara Naik; Meghna Karkera; Y. S. Sheela; Manjunatha Prasad

doi:10.1007/s10967-020-07292-5

Measurement and covariance analysis of ¹⁴⁰Ce(n,2n)¹³⁹Ce and ¹⁴²Ce(n,2n)¹⁴¹Ce reactions with the neutron energy of 13.5 MeV

H. B. Sachhidananda, S. R. Manohara, A. M. Sunitha, Imran Pasha, B. Rudraswamy, S. V. Suryanarayana, Haladhara Naik, Meghna Karkera, Y. S. Sheela, Manjunatha Prasad

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The (n,2n) reaction cross sections of cerium isotopes have been experimentally measured at the neutron energy of 13.50 ± 0.15 MeV by using the method of activation and off-line γ-ray spectroscopy. The neutron energy was obtained from the D-T reaction using the Purnima Neutron Generator at BARC. The ^natCe sample was irradiated along with the gold and indium monitor foils. The cross sections of ¹⁴⁰Ce(n,2n)¹³⁹Ce and ¹⁴²Ce(n,2n)¹⁴¹Ce reactions were measured by using both the gold and indium as a monitor and then collapsed to get the best values of reactions cross sections. The uncertainties in the measured cross sections of ¹⁴⁰Ce(n,2n)¹³⁹Ce and ¹⁴²Ce(n,2n)¹⁴¹Ce reactions were determined using covariance analysis by considering uncertainties in various attributes. The measured values from the present work were compared with the literature data based on EXFOR compilation, evaluated data from different libraries and theoretically calculated values from TALYS-1.95 and EMPIRE-3.2.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	885-892
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	325
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07292-5
Publication status	Published - 01-09-2020

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Sachhidananda, H. B., Manohara, S. R., Sunitha, A. M., Pasha, I., Rudraswamy, B., Suryanarayana, S. V., Naik, H., Karkera, M., Sheela, Y. S., & Prasad, M. (2020). Measurement and covariance analysis of ¹⁴⁰Ce(n,2n)¹³⁹Ce and ¹⁴²Ce(n,2n)¹⁴¹Ce reactions with the neutron energy of 13.5 MeV. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 325(3), 885-892. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07292-5

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